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J. E. SIPPERLY.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, I915.

Patented. Sept. 2, 1919.

THE coLummA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON. n. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EDGAR SIPIERLY, or TROY, new YORK, AssIGnon 'ro um'rnn SHIRTeooLLAn COMPANY, armor; NE YORK, A conronarronor nnwronxr COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed April 27, 1915. Serial No. 24,210.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EDGAR SIPPERLY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Troy, Rensselaer county, New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to detachable shirt collars, used on shirts, shirtwaists and the like, and particularly to linen or cotton collars adaptedto be starched in laundrying, and of folded or turn-down pattern. Itsobject is to produce a folded collar the top of which shall set snuglyagainst the band (except for the usual and necessary tiespace) for thecentral and major portion of its length, and stand away from the band atits ends, for a distance of approximately two or three inches, so as toproduce the effect of an ordinary folded collar at its back and sidesand of a roll collar at its front.

In the drawings, which represent one form of collar embodying myinvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the collar in its wornposition; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the top of thecollar is formed; Fig. 3 is a like view ofthe blank for a band.

11 designates the collar, comprising top 12 and band 13, it beingunderstood that the band may be provided with the usual buttonholes 14.Band 13 is formed in the usual manner, its upper edge, 15 being curvedin the ordinary form to fit the neck of the wearer. The invention liesin the top (as herein shown), the upper, attached edge- 16 of which iscut to a curve corresponding to that of the upper edge of the band atthe central and major part of its length and at its ends departs fromthat curve, which isshown in Fig.2 by dot and dash lines 17 by theaddition of an integral, triangular gore or extra piece of fabric 18.

It is obvious that when the meeting edges 15 of band 13 and 16 of top 12are stitched together in the usual manner, the band and top will liefiat and smooth at the central and major portions of their length, andwill show a rise or pucker at their ends, the length of such puckerbeing defined by the length of gores 18. When the collar is starched andlaundried, the top and band will set together in the usual fold at theback of the collar, while the effect of gores 18 will be to produce atapering roll at the ends of the top 12, causing'them to stand away fromband 13, as shown in Fig. 1.

It is clear that the making of additional gores or triangles of fabricintegral with top 12 leaves the meeting seam of edges 15 and 16 hiddenby top 12, as in the ordinary collar, and, for that reason, this is thepreferred formof my invention. But it will be understood that certainchanges may be made in the device without departing therefrom.

It will be apparent that since the top edge of the finished collar isdefined by the top edge of the band, which is of usual form, theupperedge of the collar will be of usual copltour, the gores in the top pieceforming ro s.

What I claim is:

1. A folded Froll collar comprising a band of usual form and top, themeeting edges of which are parallel only in the intermediate portions oftheir length, the end portions of the top being increased in width belowa line parallel to the corresponding upper edge portions of the band,whereby the mid dle portions of the band and top, when laundried will beparallel while the end portions of the top will be spaced from the bandin tapered rolls.

2. A folded roll collar comprising a band of usual form and top, themeeting edges of which are parallel only in the middle portions of theirlength, the end portions of the top being provided with trlangular goreshaving their widest portions at the ends of the top and their loweredges extending below a line parallel to the corresponding upper edgeportions of the band for the urpose described.

3. A folded roll collar comprising a bandof usual form and a top, themeetlng edges of which are parallel to the edge of the band throughouttheir intermediate and collar contour, the top forming rolls at theirglajor portions, thehend portifns-of the top ends.

eing provide Wit gores, W lereby t 1e top is caused to depart at itsends from its par- N EDGAR SIPPERLY' 5 a11e1 relation to the band, andwhereby, when Witnesses:

the edges of the band and of the top are se- GEO. S. COOPER, curedtogether, they meet in a line of usual B. H. DAVEY.

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